We hope you have found our mini blog series useful this week. Today we will be giving you common Italian phrases which will help you on your travels.
The Basics
Hello/Goodbye
Formal: Salve/Arrivederci (Sal-veh/Arri-vay-der-chee)
Informal: Ciao (for both hello and goodbye) (Chow)
Yes/No
Si/No (See/Noh)
Please/Thank you
Per favore/Gratzie (Per fa-voray/Grat-see)
Key Phrases
Where is the toilet?
Dove la toilette? (Do-ve lah twa-lettay?)
How much does it cost?
Quanto costa? (Kwanto kosta?)
Where is the bureau de change?
Dove posso cambiare I soldi? (Do-ve pos-so kamb-yaray ee soldee?)
Where can I get a taxi?
Dove posso trovare un taxi? (Do-vay posso tro-varay oon taksee?)
Can you recommend a good local restaurant?
Ci puo consigliare un buon ristorante locale? (Chee pwo konseel-yaray oon bwon reesto-rantay lo-kalay?)
A glass of red/white wine please.
Un bicchiere di vino rosso/bianco, per favore. (Oon beek-yeray dee veeno rosso/byan-ko, por favoray.)
A beer, please.
Una bierra, per favore. (Oona beer-ra, por favoray.)
The bill, please.
Il conto, por favore. (Eel conto, por favoray.)
Can I pay by credit card?
Posso pagare con la carta di credito? (Pos-so pa-garay kon la karta dee kray-deeto?)
And if all else fails…
Excuse me, do you speak English?
Scusi, parla inglese? (Skoo-zee, parla een-gle-zeh?)
Happy holidays everyone 🙂 We hope these mini phrase guides will help you have a great time abroad!
